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With Rhea County schools closed Tuesday, teacher Kathy Shaver took advantage of her day off to try to use her double coupons to fill her weekly grocery list.The avid coupon-clipper from Evensville, Tenn., cut the $58 list price of her food items to only $28 with trips to both the Publix and Bi-Lo supermarkets in Hixson. But many items on her grocery list weren’t available and may not be available until weather conditions improve.

Two chain stores announced Saturday that they had pulled U.S.beef products from their shelves following the news that a banned drug used to promote leanness in meat had been detected in beef imported from the U.S.

Feed The World: Warnings of a global food shortage are cropping up in the news. This should not be happening in 2011. But while our technologies have advanced, our politics are still prehistoric.

Summary highlights dairy industry’s efforts to increase economic, environmental and social sustainability.

FDA will begin on-farm drug testing of milk on 900 dairy farms that previously had drug residues found in meat.

“Bottom line, if milk quality is not important to you, you’re probably in the wrong business,” says dairy producer Dave Sumrall.

If you’re trying to grow corn silage on drought-prone soils or where irrigation is an issue, forage sorghum types are worth consideration.

Can the U.S. afford to continue to be reactive on somatic cell counts, animal identification and disease tracking, and chronic bovine diseases?

The California show’s opening day, Feb. 8, grows closer.

The Democratic Caucus named 20 Democrats, including 13 returning and seven new members, to the House Agriculture Committee.